Mine detail: Broad Axe Prospect

Previously called 'Broad'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08945, -105.33224

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Rhyodacite
Associated rock:	Bald Mountain Rhyodacite
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Volcanic Vent Near Top Of Wakefield Hill; Mineralized Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Possibly Weakly Argillized

References

MRDS	D007642
DEP	10012175
Reference	{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.